Employment Verification

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E-Verify: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Proposals for Reform

E-Verify’s gains in speed and coverage are undercut by data errors, identity fraud, and gaps in worker protections.

Enforcement Tactics Shift in the Obama Era - But What About Immigration Reform?

The Obama administration shifted U.S. immigration enforcement in 2009, even as broad legislative reform slipped toward 2010.

The Next Generation of E-Verify: Getting Employer Verification Right

This webinar featured a presentation on MPI’s recommendations to improve E-Verify and examined proposed congressional approaches to employment verification.

E-Verify: An Assessment of its Strengths and Weaknesses

This discussion focused on E-Verify, the federal government's electronic employment verification system, and assessed the program's strengths and weaknesses.

E-Verify: An Assessment of its Strengths and Weaknesses

This discussion focused on E-Verify, the federal government's electronic employment verification system, and the release of an MPI report that assesses the program's strengths and weaknesses.

The Next Generation of E-Verify: Getting Employment Verification Right

A redesigned E-Verify employment verification system should boost accuracy and coverage while protecting workers’ rights and limiting burdens on U.S. employers.

Supreme Court Rules against Charging Unauthorized Immigrants with "Aggravated Identity Theft"

A U.S. law aiming to target hackers and thieves became a major immigration enforcement tool before the Supreme Court unanimously curbed its use against unauthorized workers.

The Basics of E-Verify, the U.S. Employer Verification System

As of April 2009, more than 117,000 U.S. employers had enrolled in E-Verify, yet fewer than 2 percent of U.S. firms were participating.

Mandatory Verification in the States: A Policy Research Agenda

Laws requiring mandatory employment verification in selected states create a critical opportunity to study how employer enforcement reshapes immigration control.

Congress Addresses Immigration But Appears Unlikely to Pass Piecemeal Bills

Piecemeal immigration bills are advancing in Congress in 2008, but passage looks unlikely amid partisan gridlock.